Improvement in bob-sleds



J. LITTFIN." i

B OB-SLED.

ILPETERS PHOTO-UTMDGRAPHER. WASHINGYON, D C.

No. 190,880. Patented May15, 1877.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHAN LITTFIN, OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOB-SLEDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 190,880, dated May 15, 1677; application filed February 7, 1877.

' Improvements in Independent Bob-Sled Runners, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of my invention relates to the use of a saddle fastened to or made part of the/runner of the sled, which saddle supports the hub of the axle, in combination with a brace-rod passing over the hub, to which it is secured by bolts, the ends of the rod being secured to the saddle.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my runner. Fig. 2 is a section. Fig. 3 is'au elevation, showing a modification.

. A is the hub atttached to the saddle B by a staple-bolt, -D. O is the runner. E, Fig. 3, is a brace-rod, which I may use. It passes over the hub, to which it is fastened by bolts D, and the ends of the rod are secured to the saddle.

The weight of the load, bearing on the axle, is transmitted through the saddle, so as to bear evenly on the whole length of the runner, and is an improvement on my invention as per Patent No. 151,785, dated June 9, 1874.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hub A, saddle B, runner 0, bolts D, and brace'rod E, combined substantially as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

JOHAN LITTFIN.

Witnesses:

G. PALMER, N. KONRAD, Jr. 

